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the under surface, especially of the posterior wings, is very dissiniilar: their 

 i;;roinul colour is ferru}j;inous, with a ])righter hand at the base, which is hor- 

 ilered on each side with a row of irregular silver and yellow spots, forming 

 two bands^ and has in its centre a large black ocellus, with a rufous pupil ; 

 the rest of the wing is varied with ferruginous and yellowish, with about 

 three silvery spots, placed transversely ; on the inner and anterior mar- 

 gins a striga composed of black dots ; and lastly six conical silver spots, 

 edged internally with black : the cilia of all the wings are yellowish, inter- 

 rupted with brown : the anterior wings are more distinctly varied with black 

 than in Mc. Euphrosyno, and the hinder margin is more strongly tii'jK'd with 

 ferruginous or deep brown, and has a very distinct row of conical black spots, 

 pointing inwards. 



i Var, li. With the upper surface of the wings whitish. 



Caterpillar black, with a clear lateral stripe ; spines half yellow. 



A very common and beautiful insect ; occnrrin};- on lieatlis anti 

 in woods tlirou^liout the southern parts of Britain, bein^ frequently 

 met with so far west as Dartmoor, in De\on : the first brootl 

 appears in May, the second in August. 



Sp. 9. Euphrosync. Alls fidvis, nifjro-maoilalis : posticis suhttis rufo fIavo(jnr 

 vai'ietfulis, vinciilis )iovetn, harum svptein marguiahs, arfjciileis, ad basin ocvUn 

 Jluoo piijjilld niffr/i. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 9 — 11 hn.) 



Pa. Euphrosyne. Linne. — Don, \i. pi. 312. — Me. Euplirosyne. SUph. Cat il. 



AVings above pale fulvous, irregularly spotted with black at the base, with a 

 row of round black spots near the hinder margin, then a row of conical spots, 

 the points inward, and finally, a marginal series of dusky spots, bounded by 

 a slender black line : cilia yellowish, interrupted witli black : the anterior 

 wings beneath are rather brighter than above, and are spotted irregularly 

 with black tOAvards the middle ; the tip is rather ferruginous, with yellowish 

 patches : the posterior wings at the base are rusty-red, with one or more 

 silvery, and some yellowish spots, and a yellowish ocellus with a black pupil ; 

 towards the centre is a bent fascia, composed of irregular yellow spots, and 

 one longitudinal, somewhat wedge-shaped, silvery one in the middle, followed 

 by a broad band, varied with ferruginous and yellowish, in which is an ob- 

 solete series of fuscous spots; finally, the posterior margin is ornamented 

 with seven subconical silvery spots : cilia yellowish, interrupted by brown : 

 body dusky above, grayish beneath : antenna.' black, ringed with white, with 

 the tip of the club fulvous. 



Var. ^. With the marginal fascia of silvery spots on the posterior wings wanting. 



Var. y. With the basal half of all the wings above black, spotted with fulvous ; 

 with large black spots on the anterior wings beneath. 



t Var. J. With the ground colour of all the wings, ])Oth above and below, pale 

 fulvous yellow. 



■)- Var. i. Plate IV. * f. 3.— Wings above pale fulvous, irregidarly spotted 

 with black: anterior beneath pale, varied with yellowish and ferruginous 



